Events

Date: November 25.-27. 2009
Venue: Senri Life Science Center Building, Osaka
Organized by:
- AIST Research Institute for Cell Engineering (RICE)
- AIST Kansai Center
- RIKEN Advanced Science Institute
Fee: Free, for welcome party (on Nov. 25. 18:00-20:00) 4,000 Yen

The 5th World Congress on Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio will be held in Osaka. In this conference, the leading researchers inside and outside Japan in the fields of bio-systems, materials for aritificial muscles, and bi-mimetic robots are invited as lecturers. Mr. I. KOLARIC from Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA is one of the invited speakers and from the same department of Fraunhofer IPA, Ms. U. KOSIDLO will also take part in the congress to give a lecture.

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- Nov. 25. (Wed) -

9:30-10:15 Opening Remarks
by Y. Osada (RIKEN)
by M. Kamimoto (AIST)
by T. Taguchi (AIST)

10:15-11:00 Key Note Lecture
by Mikhail Kozlov (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Session I

11:00-12:00 Invited Speech
by H. Okuzaki (Yamanashi Univ.)
by H. Randriamahazaka (Univ. Paris Dederot, France)

12:00-13:00 Lunch

Session II
13:00-14:00 Invited Speech
by K. J. Kim (University of Nevada, USA)
by M. Yamakita (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

14:00-15:00 Invited Speech
by T. Mitsumata (Yamagata Univ.)
by K. Morishima (Tokyo University of A&T)

15:00-16:00 Poster Session / Demonstration / Coffee Break

Session III
16:00-17:00 Invited Speech
by W. Chen (Suzhou Institute of Nanotech and Nanobionics, CAS, China)
by I. Kolaric (Fraunhofer IPA, Germany)

17:00-18:00 Speech
by U. Kosidlo (Fraunhofer IPA, Germany)
by S. Ohtera (Murata Co. Ltd.)
by T. Sugino (AIST)

18:00-20:00 Welcome Party

- Nov. 26. (Thu.) -

Session IV
10:00-11:00 Invited Speech
by M. Shahinpoor (University of MAINE, USA)
by K. Guo (Kagawa University)

11:00-12:00 Invited Speech
by K. Takagi (Nagoya University)
by Il-Kwon Oh (Chonnam National University, Korea)

12:00-12:20 Speech
by M. Biso (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)

12:20-13:15 Lunch

Session V
13:15-14:00 Special Lecture
by T.F. Otero (Universidad Politecnica de Cartagenia, Spain)

14:00-15:00 Invited Speech
by T. Hirai (Shinshu Univ.)
by S. CHiba (SRI International)

15:00-15:30 Poster Session / Demonstration / Coffee Break

Session VI
15:30-17:00 Invited Speech
by M. Miyata (Osaka City University)
by K. Imada (Osaka University)
by T. Fujisato (Osaka Institute of Technology)

- Nov. 27. (Fri.) -
Session VII
10:00-11:00 Invited Speech
by K. Kaneto (KIT)
by M. Fuchiwaki (KIT)

11:00-12:00 Speech
by F. VIdal (Univ. de Cergy Pontoise, France)
by R. Kawamura (RIKEN)
by K. Sano (RIKEN)

12:00-13:00 Lunch

Session VIII
13:00-14:00 Invited Speech
by A. Aabloo (Tartu University, Estonia)
by J. Mamiya (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

14:00-15:00 Invited Speech
by S. Tsuchitani (Wakayama University)
by T. Yamauchi (niigata University)

15:00-15:30 Poster Session / Demonstration / Coffee Break

Session IX
15:30-16:00 Invited Speech
by T. Ihara (Suzuka University of Medical Science)

16:00-17:20 Speech
by J. Torop (Tartu University, Estonia)
by M. Shahinpoor (University of MAINE, USA)
by K. Kiyohara (AIST)
by K. Asaka (AIST)

17:20-17:40 Concluding Remarks

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